[devonlady]

Good news! I'll bet the male will show up in a little while

[Backinwellies]

Our male (entire) used to vanish at the first sign of good weather (we panicked the first year) but always returned to the warmth of fire as soon as first sign of cold weather .... did that every year ... 

[Baois Glas]

Thank you I hope he is ok, she was calling for him a lot so I hope she finds him.

[Dans]

That's a good sign. Females tend to wander less than males so hopefully he'll be back before you know it as well!

Dans

[honeyend]

I do have a lot of luck with ginger toms, neutered of course. The first we had from a kitten, he got to his first summer and would wander off for days, then a week and come back covered in fleas, would sleep for a couple of days and go off again, you could see him getting itchy feet. The last time he went he was never to be seen again.
  The second, I found as an older kitten on the side of the road near to death in winter, I have never seen any animal so starved. He quickly grew into a beautiful moggy, neutered, chipped. Come summer he starts coming home later and later, it turns out next door thought he was a stray and he was living next door as one pampered cat. When we moved they asked if they could keep him, he is the king of their house and every time they see me they thank me.
  I have three tabby cats one of which I would gladly give away and one long haired who would live with anybody who fed her and ended up in a neighbours bedroom asleep on their bed after climbing through a window. We are only here to feed them and pay the vet bills.

[Kimbo]

you know the saying: " you cant herd cats"!! So true, but that's probably why we like them.

Don't despair over missing cats.
In October we took in 2 tabby feral cats, bro and sister, neutered, 9 months old. They were to be our stable cats. As soon as we opened the tack room the boy vamoosed.
Sadly we lost his sister to a car in January. So we got 2 more feral cats ( how ashamed was I to tell the cat rescue that Id lost both their cats?). this time timid 5 yr old Mum and her 4yr old daughter, also neutered.
Well, the "feral" girls are still with us, albeit about as un-feral as you can imagine and couldn't catch a cold between them.

BUT: I was telling this story to my neighbour who told me that a big tabby boy had "turned up" at another neighbour's house last November, walked in and claimed the place as his new home! Yes, its my flaming feral Tom, we called Macavity.
Thankfully, Macavity graces us with his presence 3/4 times a week, in the late evening for a spot of hunting. Then he bogs off back to the lap of luxury in the £1m house down the road!! Cheek of it!

[Baois Glas]

Well my female cat came back again this morning, still no sign of my male cat though. 

[SallyintNorth]

Glad to hear you've got one of your cats safely back.

Over the years I've had neutered males go walkabout on a number of occasions.  Being me, if they're gone for more than 48 hours I start going out calling and looking for them, and tell local people I'm missing one of my cats, even leafleting houses in the locale on one occasion.

On several occasions, I would not have found the cat had I not spread the word... 

[Baois Glas]

She was back again tonight for her dinner, hoping she stays around for a little while now.

I've been out in the woods behind my house looking for him and calling him every day, I've driven around the local area and asked the local rescue and others in the area to keep an eye out for them and posted on local fb pages.
As we are in rural Ireland houses are few and far between here.

[Baois Glas]

Well I'm pleased to say my young male cat came back yesterday, he was in for both meals yesterday and in for both meals today, so hoping he is going to stay around now. 

[Penninehillbilly]

Thankfully, Macavity graces us with his presence 3/4 times a week, in the late evening for a spot of hunting. Then he bogs off back to the lap of luxury in the £1m house down the road!! Cheek of it!

Look on the bright side, he does the mousing for you, but no worming or vets bills to bother about got to be - 

[SallyintNorth]

Great news!  Thanks for letting us know 

[Bramblecot]

  glad he's home (until next time )

[devonlady]